Theodore hawley



4 T. HAWLEY.

BOOT'POB, GARBIAGES.

(No Model.)

No. 279,945. llaumllwdmejz, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE vHAVLEY, OF'FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOEDVARD W. HARRAL, OF SAME PLACE.

BOOT FOR CARRIAGES.

. srEoIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 27"9,945, dated June2e, 1883. Application filed April 11, lees. No model.)

` lTo all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, THEonoEE HAWLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fairfield, in the coullty of Fairfield and State of'Conllecticut, have illvellted certain llew and llseful Ilnprovements inBootsV for Carriages; and I do hereby declare the followillg to be afull, clear, and exact description of the inventioll, sucll as willellable others skilled ill the Io art to which it appertains to lllakeand use the same.

My illvention relates to boots for carriages, and has for its object toprovide a means of attachlnent which maybe adjusted to different l5widtlls of dash-board, shall be simple in construction, llot-liable toget out of repair, and at the salne time shall be economical in cost.

My invention also relates toa llew alld illlproved whip-socket which ispermanently attached to the outside of the boot.

VlithV these ends in View my invention consi sts ill 'the constructionalld combination which will hereinafter be fully described, alld tllellspecifically designated by the claims.

For the purpose of enabling` those skilled ill the art to which myillventioll appertains to make alld use my ilnproved boot, I willproceed to describe the sallle, referrillg by letters to theaccompanying drawillgs, forming part 3o of tllis specification, illwhich- Figure 1 is an outside plan view of the boot complete; Fig.. 2,an illside plan View thereof; Fig. 3, an enlarged view of one oftheattaching-clalnps, alld Fig. 4 all enlarged inside view -3, 5 of thewhip-socket.

Similar letters denote like parts illthe several figures alld drawings.A is the boot. 4 i B B are straps for attaclling the boot to the 4o seator carriage top. l l

C C are the re-enforced gussets to fit over the corllers of thedash-board.

D is the whip-socket in the outside of the boot, and el d are theattaching-rivets.

E E are the attaching-clamps. These clamps are provided with an elasticconnection, F. A sillgle piece of elastic web lnay be used to attach theclamps directly to the boot, or they nlay be attached as shown in thedrawings, in 5o which a-strong piece of web is riveted to two pieces ofleather or strongeloth, which in turn are attached to the boot andclamps, respectively. I also provide the clanlps with cords G, which aremore readily grasped tllan the clalnps themselves, and materially assistill attaching a,ild disengaging them.

For the purpose of conforming the boot lllore closely to the shape ofthedash-board, I ordinarily cut out darts from the body of' the boot, asshown at H H, and cement or rivet the parts 6o together.

The applieatioll of my ilnprovenlellt is as follows: Straps B B arebuttolled over studs on the inside of a carriage-top, or upoll theseat-rail of' a buggy. The boot being thrown 65 over the dash-board,gussets C C fit over the corners thereof. It is Anot necessary that thegussets sllould fit the corllers closely, as they are nlade large enoughto allow for a variation e of siX (6) or eight (8) inches in the widthof 7o the dash-board, wllere they are securely held by the elasticconllections.

The wllip socket is also all illlportallt feature of' my invention.

Heretofore carriage-boots have not been p l'o- 7 5 vided withwhip-sockets; but all opening has been made ill the boot, which hasnecessarily had to be made large enough to allow for the variouspositions ill which the carriage wllipsocket is liable to be placed.Tllis opening is 8o seriously objectionable, as in the case of severeshowers or continued raill it allows large qu alltities of' water tobeat illto the carriage, besides being always ill danger of' beingcaught and torn much larger. My whip-socket is made V ofthe salllematerial as the boot, and is closed at the lower elld simply byone'rivet, d, which passes through both thicknesses alld alsov the boot,alld effectually prevents the whip from dropping out, and at the saluetime leaves the 9o bottom opell for the free escape of' water. Thesocket is riveted or otherwise attached to the outside ofthe boot,preferably over the righthand gusset.

Having thus described nlyillvention, what I 9 5 clailn as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'1. A boot for carriages, llavillg clamps upoll the inside attached tothe boot by elastic connections, wherebythe boot is Iliade adjustableIco andmay be attaohedto dash-boards of different Whip-socket D, rivetedor otherwise secured Widths, substantially as described. to the outersurface thereof, and closed at its 2(Abootforearriages,havingaWhip-soeket bottoni by a single rivet, (I,substantially :is riveted or otherwise attached to its front, set forthand described.

5 whereby any openings in the outer side are In testimonywhereof I affixniy signature in avoided, substantially as set forth. presence of twoWitnesses.

3. In combination with the boot A the T T clamps E, having elasticconnections F7 and THEODORE HA LEX' cords G, substantially as described,and for XVitnesses:

Io the purposes set forth. I). A. BURR,

4. In combination With the' boot A, the JAMES O. BURR.

